Yuri Manin Quote

The goal of a definition is to introduce a mathematical object. The goal of a theorem is to state some of its properties, or interrelations between various objects. The goal of a proof is to make such a statement convincing by presenting a reasoning subdivided into small steps each of which is justified as an "elementary" convincing argument.


Mathematics as Metaphor: Selected Essays of Yuri I. Manin (ed. 2007)


The goal of a definition is to introduce a mathematical object. The goal of a theorem is to state some of its properties, or interrelations between...

The goal of a definition is to introduce a mathematical object. The goal of a theorem is to state some of its properties, or interrelations between...

The goal of a definition is to introduce a mathematical object. The goal of a theorem is to state some of its properties, or interrelations between...

The goal of a definition is to introduce a mathematical object. The goal of a theorem is to state some of its properties, or interrelations between...